Tex Book Tenor is an album by American jazz saxophonist Booker Ervin featuring the last performances Ervin recorded as a leader in 1968 for the Blue Note label.[1] The session was first released in 1976 as a double LP Back from the Gig combined with a 1964 session recorded under Horace Parlan's leadership (released in 1988 as Happy Frame of Mind) and finally released in 2005 on CD.
^Booker Ervin discography accessed January 31, 2011
TexBookTenor is an album by American jazz saxophonist Booker Ervin featuring the last performances Ervin recorded as a leader in 1968 for the Blue Note...
and Booker 'n' Brass (1967), before switching to Blue Note. Ervin recorded two Blue Note albums under his own name, In Between and TexBookTenor, the...
trumpet under the influence of Gillespie, Fats Navarro, Clifford Brown, Booker Little, Lee Morgan, and Freddie Hubbard. He later discovered that he had...
Frame of Mind and the later session was finally released in 2005 as TexBookTenor. The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow awarded the album 4½ stars and stated...
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He had four siblings; his eldest brother was tenor saxophonist Bill Barron (1927–1989). At the age of 15, Barron played briefly...
Symes) - 7:09 Booker Ervin - tenor saxophone Jaki Byard - piano Richard Davis - bass Alan Dawson - drums Billboard November 6, 1965 Booker Ervin discography...
awarded the album 4½ stars stating "Only 23 at the time of the recording, the tenor saxophonist composed six originals and is joined by other promising young...
(#4-6), 1965. Horace Silver – piano Woody Shaw – trumpet Joe Henderson – tenor sax J. J. Johnson – trombone (tracks 4–6) Bob Cranshaw – bass Roger Humphries...
4–5), 1966. Horace Silver – piano Woody Shaw – trumpet Tyrone Washington – tenor sax James Spaulding – alto sax on tracks 2, 4, 5, flute solo on 2 Larry...
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